Membership categories for year ending January 31, 2011

Community Member
Cost: $250 USD

For quality-focused importers, roasters, and coffee purveyors.

• Recognition of membership:
  • Membership certificate
  • Cup of Excellence logo use for company association promotion
• Exclusive access to:
  • Award-winning sample-sets from each Cup of Excellence country - $125 each
  • Auction-access to each online Cup of Excellence auction - $25 each country*
• Access to in-depth farm information and internal website database search feature
• Subscription to ACE / CoE newsletter
• Discount on ACE / CoE training events
• Marketing materials and support:
  • brochures: farmer, roaster, coffee lover
  • farm-specific logos for purchased coffees
  • ownership certificates for purchased coffees
  • country-specific bag stickers for purchased coffees
  • invitation and inclusion in marketplace-oriented trade events
• Opportunity to upgrade to Benefactor Status and increased recognition on the CoE website with the purchase of CoE coffee at auction
• Priority for international jury selection

* Register for auction-access only if you plan on bidding

Benefactor member:
Cost: Minimum $1,800 USD

For those who offer benefactor support and receive the most benefit from Cup of Excellence.

• In addition to Community Member benefits you will also receive:
  • One set of award-winning samples from each Cup of Excellence program - cost included
  • Auction-access to each online Cup of Excellence auction - cost included
  • Wall plaque
  • Listing on Benefactor Companies page of the Cup of Excellence website.
• Marketing materials and extra level of support
• High priority for international jury selection

A benefactor member payment of at least $5,000 will be counted as an installment or partial payment for a Lifetime Pioneer Membership.

Lifetime Pioneer Member
Cost: $15,000 USD

An elite group of companies who believe in and benefit most from the Cup of Excellence. Lifetime Pioneer Membership can be paid in full or or with 3 $5000 yearly installments as a Benefactor member.

• In addition to Community Member benefits you also receive:
  • automatically receive award winning samples for the life of the program
  • additional set of samples for coordinated group cuppings and training events
  • automatically receive auction registration for the life of the program
  • wall plaque
  • listing on the Lifetime Members page of the Cup of Excellence website and special recognition in the press

Sponsorships and non coffee company donations

Sponsorships are available as well as partnerships with NGOs, Foundations, Corporations governmental organizations and other non coffee buying groups. Please contact Susie Spindler susies@cupofexcellence.org or call 406-542-3509.

The Alliance for Coffee Excellence, Inc. reserves the right to cancel any Cup of Excellence membership if that member is deemed to have used either the Cup of Excellence trademark or the Cup of Excellence program in a deliberately fraudulent manner. Any Cup of Excellence member has the right to cancel their membership and receive a refund based on a percentage of services and benefits already rendered to that member.

* All bidding registrations for the auction must be approved by the producing country organizing committee and The Alliance for Coffee Excellence, Inc. Any company not approved to bid will receive a refund for their auction registration fee.